join the conversation at booktv.org/bookclub. >> in ecclesiastes in the old testament, that there's nothing new under the on. everything that has been taught before has been taught before. and everything has been done before. some talk about looking to the past, updating it as necessary and moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time, you usually get a guidebook to find out where the best hotels are in restaurants and places to be avoided. these are people who have gone before us. and we have the founders of our country who understand this is the least as well as the preachers of the day and they have created a constitution that establish boundaries for government that limit liberty for its citizens. i believe that is getting out of whack and we have exceeded that and that is why we have so many challenges that we have today. >> okay, so you weren't saying disengage from public life in a public square, but people would write they get that perception given the emphasis on simply focusing on the individual capacity and individual responsibility. looking away from governmen

it is often virtual communities, in for instance, opera's bookclub. atheism is getting a good iring. richard dawkins -- they're becoming leaders of the movement defining itself against dominant religious culture. the editor of bbc editor's sunday program for british audiences, which presents good coverage of global religion, suggests that atheism gets disproportionate coverage, the reflection, she wondered, of the secular newsroom. i suspect the leader of the alabama at atheists would strongly disagree with that. on my way to meet him, i drove the alabama where roadside sides urgently devote for jesus. and he told me of the classes that had been planted on his manicured lawn and the abuses children based at school because his dad was an atheist. i guess he is not alone. and talk about the positive influence of the digital media, the democratization of the media, and that is a good thing. and the flip side, one i believe ran forces my argument that we need more him partial reporting on religion. former people are writing. everyone feels they can weigh

you'll see a tab at the top that says bookclub. he can make your comments they are. can respond to questions that are posted on our book club page and over the past couple months, they have participated and perhaps will also click on bookclub. and comment directly. if you'd like to read along, "the wrong war" is booktv selection for april. max collet is in yampa colorado. >> host: first off span. in 1968 incident then i've read a lot of books looking for the answer if anybody had one and agree and disagree with some of them. and then i read mark morris book, triumph for stake in and to me it's been the bright light that everything came together with that. i was wondering if mr. west has read that book and if you could comment on it. i plan to read a lot of books after this program. postcode gary, what is herein there? >> guest: i think some of the reporters cost out or end there were some mistakes made by kennedy and stuff and henry cabot lodge and stuff like that. after we got in there, we should've won it. they did not the stomach for it. i think we should've staye

join the conversation at booktv.org/bookclub. >> tuesday march the first anniversary of the boston marathonombing that killed three and injured more than 250 others. next, a discussion with two journalists working on a new book based on the investigation of the bombings and the aftermath. former tv news producer casey sherman and former "boston herald" lead investigative reporter david wedge spoke at fisher college in boston. this is an hour. >> thank you. first, i'd like to say thank you to our interns from fisher college. we've got a group of really dedicated students that have been working with dave and i over the past several months to transcribe interviews, as we said, talk about the timeline of the bombing, timeline about some of the secondary stories that really came out of the aftermath to this. i want to thank them. i also want to thank jim courtney for this incredible opportunity, especially the fact that dave and i are sitting down because i'm very sure that when i stand next to the i look like his son. [laughter] so that's good. just to kick this off, i've written about the best